Job Description
HR Business Partner
Manufacturing - Commercial Division
North Down
VANRATH is delighted to be partnering with an industry leading manufacturer based in North Down, wishing to appoint a HR Business Partner to their growing commercial team.
The Role
You'll be the go-to partner for leaders across the business, helping them grow their teams, solve problems with empathy and clarity, and build a culture where care and performance go hand in hand.
What you'll be doing:
1. Be a trusted partner - guiding senior leaders with sound, people-focused advice, from employee relations to organisational change.
2. Shape culture - embed values, coach leaders, and help create a workplace where everyone belongs.
3. Build talent - support smart hiring, onboarding, and succession planning to get the right people in the right roles.
4. Grow capability - help identify skill gaps, nurture future leaders, and make learning part of everyday practice.
5. Drive performance & engagement - from fair feedback to wellbeing initiatives, you'll help people feel valued and inspired.
6. Do the "special things" - bring creativity and heart to projects that don't fit the usual boxes.
The Successful Person
7. Proven experience as a People or HR Business Partner in a commercial, sales-focused environment
8. Confidence and credibility to influence at all levels, with commercial and sales leaders
9. Previous experience leading or managing other HR professionals
10. Strong HR generalist skills and excellent UK employment law knowledge
11. A proactive, solutions-focused mindset - you love to fix, improve, and innovate
12. Empathy, integrity, and a belief in the power of people
13. The ability to balance strategy with hands-on delivery in a fast-paced, growing organisation
The Package
Excellent salary and benefits to include;
14. Hybrid working model - 3 days in the office, 2 at home
15. Bonus
16. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28)
17. Option to buy holiday days
18. Wellbeing Programme
19. Health Cash Plan
20. Pension
21. Life Assurance
22. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
23. Cycle to Work Scheme
24. Referral Scheme
25. Long Service Awards
26. Free Parking
For further information on this exciting HR vacancy, or any other Human Resource related job in Northern Ireland, please contact Richard McFarland (Assoc. CIPD)